On Wednesday morning we saw a spectacular scene at Manchester United training ground where there was a video which was clearly showing United manager Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba in heated training-ground bust-up.

Following Real Madrid’s Champions League triumph in the 2013-14 season – their first Champions League crown since 2002 – star man Cristiano Ronaldo was named as the UEFA Best Player in Europe on this day in 2014. The Portuguese starlet surpassed the likes of Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben, Thomas Muller and Philipp Lahm to win the award.

A panel of 54 journalists was given the task to select the candidate, through an electronic system, and the Real Madrid starlet won all ends up, receiving 27 votes – 9 more than the second placed Manuel Neuer. Speaking after receiving the award from the French veteran Michel Platini, Ronaldo said:

“I’m really happy so I must say thanks to my team-mates because without the team, individual awards would not be possible. I don’t have this trophy in my museum, so my brother is going to put it there.”

Since the beginning of the award, Ronaldo became the third player to receive the honour, following the likes of Lionel Messi (2010/11), Andres Iniesta (2011/12) and Frank Ribery (2012/13). Ronaldo broke the then-record for goals, scoring 17, which was most by a player in a UEFA Champions League campaign and helped Real to lift their tenth Champions League crown.

On this day in 2009, a long-awaited transfer speculation reached its conclusion as Manchester United finally accepted Real Madrid’s £80 million (€94 million) offer for the then 24-year-old sensation, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the grandest individual prize in Ballon d’Or in 2008, was a constant target for Real Madrid for a long time, however, Manchester United were reluctant to let him go. Madrid’s pursuit of the winger was so intense that Manchester United officially launched a complaint against the Galacticos in June 2008, accusing the Spanish outfit of the alleged pursuit of their player. This led to a new term being formed “modern slavery” as the then FIFA president Sepp Blatter stated that a player should be allowed to leave his club.

Eventually in 2009, after winning three consecutive Premier League crown and a UEFA Champions League medal, Ronaldo made his move to Real Madrid. Ronaldo’s to Real coincided with the return of Florentino Pérez – under whom the first wave of the ‘Galactico’ arrived at Santiago Bernabeu – as club president. In the same year, Real Madrid signed Kaka from AC Milan for £56m. And with Ronaldo arriving at a whopping price of £80 million, he became the then most expensive player in the history of the sport.

Ronaldo was presented in front of the fans a month later and the Portuguese shattered yet another record. Near to 80,000 spectators turned up to see him live and in the process, he broke a long 25-year record of 75,000 fans who welcomed Diego Maradona at Napoli back in 1984.

Known for his voluminous body arts, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is unarguably one of the classiest players to have ever graced a footballing field. While his antics on the field need no introduction, his off the field frolics gets attention involuntarily. Since his Ajax days, he has been prolifically known for his astounding skills and ruthless aggression.

Besides all this, the 35-year-old has been in limelight for his comprehensive tattoos and even in his book ‘I am Zlatan’, he has confessed that tattoos became like a ‘Drug’ to him. In the same book, he quoted that even though tattoos drove him away initially, he became tempted away eventually. “I was against them in the beginning. Thought they were in bad taste. But I got tempted anyway.”

Zinedine Zidane announced his shock departure from Real Madrid Football Club on Thursday. The Frenchman, who won three back to back Champions League titles with Real, called an urgent press conference in the Spanish capital on Thursday and announced his decision.

There is some romantic connection between No.7 jersey and football. Some of the top footballers in the world have donned No.7 jerseys in football and since then the number has become famous in mostly every sport.

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced on Thursday that he will be leaving the Italian football club after 17 years, a long career that has seen him become one of the world’s most recognizable faces in the sport.

If football is a religion, then money is a very important part of it in today’s time. Each week, millions of dollars change hands between clubs and players, fans and ticket offices, and sponsors and clubs. And money has taken over football in today’s time. Look at the squads of some teams which have every possible superstar in their squad. English Premier League is the most watched league in the world and the latest figure released show five out of 10 clubs have the most expensive squads in today’s time.

Great achievements to rare records and sheer coincidence. Some amazing records that will blow your mind. Football is, without doubt, the most followed sport in the world. Let us look at some of the mindblowing football facts.

Bollywood stars and football is loved by thousands in the country. From Abhishek Bachchan to Ranbir Kapoor, from Amitabh Bachchan to Arjun Kapoor are die-hard football fans. Let’s have a look at which Bollywood actor supports which football club.

Chelsea’s season hit a new low when they crashed to a 4-1 defeat at Watford that heaped more pressure on boss Antonio Conte. The Blues are 19 points behind Manchester City and are fourth on the points table. Let’s have a look at the reason for Chelsea’s collapse

Eight of the footballers who were famously known as Busby Babes; Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Mark Jones, Duncan Edwards, Billy Whelan, Tommy Taylor, David Pegg and Geoff Bent lost their lives in the tragic Munich air disaster on 6th February 1958.

Manchester United has a very slim chance of catching Manchester City on top of the table this time around but Jose Mourinho will be hoping that next season Red Devils finally win the title which they last won in 2012-2013.

Two of the English Premier League giants finally shook hands in a deal which will see Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez join Manchester United and Red Devils outcast Henrikh Mkhitaryan will join the Gunners.